Public and political notes from this morning
This morning's news reports improvements in government office efficiency under Benedict, suggestions on national agriculture by Colman, and a plan to place the Bureau of Engraving and Printing under civil service rules. Cleveland suffers an optimistic attack of the imism and Morrison bill faces renewed effort. Long works on appropriation bills.
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Benedict
Colman
Cleveland
Morrison
will + ride
Sressman
Whitney
Marine Guards
Navy Yards
Veen Smith
Indiana
Otis Winkly
Newburyport
New Bedford
Erie
Istrict Assembly
Providence
Harrington
Local Items Highlight Civic News And Weddings
Light snow and colder weather. Mayor O'Brien received satisfactory reports from heads of departments. General Corse formally assumed postmaster duties. Station 2 officers raided gamblers. Edith J Eaton weds W L Eaton at bride’s father’s house. Cambridge railroad explains fare not maintained to city council. W S Locke weds Carrie E Edson at Church of the Unity. Henry A Clapp lectures on King Lear. Col John S Mosby lectures on Stuart's Cavalry. Boston hatters entertain visiting brethren at Wells Memorial Hall. Young Men's Democratic Club Ward 2 rallies for O'Brien. Gains Sampson weds G Ella Moore in East Boston. Stocks open weak, end strong for UP, Mexican Central, Rutland.
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O'Brien
General Corse
Station 2
New England
Kellis Street
Edith J. Eaton
W. L. Eaton
Cambridge Railroad
Cambridge City Council
W.S. Locke
Carrie E. Edson
Church of the Unity
Henry A. Clapp
John S. Mosby
Stuart
Hatters
Boston
Wells Memorial Hall
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Ward 2
O’brien
Gains Sampson
G. Ella C. Moore
Union Pacific
Mexican Central
Rutland
Record Cold Wave Grips Minnesota Cities
Last evening raised cold wave signal. this morning a Manitoba air mass brought 10 degrees below zero in St. Paul with 22 below at St. Vincent and 28 below at Brainerd. Temperatures across Minnesota and North Dakota set record lows for November, far colder than the long term average.
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St. Paurt
Minn
Manitoba
Minnesota
St. Vincent
Moorehead
Garry Bismarck
Brainerd
Railroads in Strong Financial Health According to Johnston Report
The 1886 annual report by General Joseph F. Johnston praises Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads as in first class or excellent condition. It details debt, stock, assets, and net earnings across Union Pacific, Central Pacific, Sioux City & Pacific, Northern Pacific, and related government settlements, noting surpluses and variances with Treasury figures.
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Washinoton
Joseph FE. Johnston
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Johnson
CBS
Staphus
BOS
Sioux City & Pacific Railroad Company
Ons
Central Branch
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Professor Sumichrast Separates From Wife Amid Divorce Controversy
A Stirling New England article reports Professor Sumichrast and his wife separating after revelations of multiple marriages. The scholar, tied to Halifax, Algiers, and King's College, faces scrutiny as guardians of students meet to decide next steps for the ladies’ college he runs.
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Thatirax
N. S
Sprcrar
Sumichrast
Algiers
America
King’s College
Halifax
Professor Hind
Fishery Commission
Bishop Kinney
Symichrast
Hind
Ladies’ College
Gnardians
Sunichrast
Church of England
Civil War Events Timeline From 1862 to 1863
A compact 1862–63 timeline lists Cane Hill battle on November 28 1862 across Arkansas, Confederate repulsion at Knoggle?ville on November 29 1862, salt works at St Andrews destroyed by U S troops on December 1 1863, Join Brown executed under Virginia law on December 1 1863, Kentucky congressman Bennett expelled for treason on December 2 1861, Kentucky senator Breckenridge expelled on December 3 1861, and related dates through December 4 1861.
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Cane Hill
Irk
Knogeille
Fern
St. Andrews
Lla
U.S
Join Brown
Virginia
Bennett
Kentucky
Congress
John C. Breckenbridge
A. S
Fires Break Out in City Stores and Ship Tug
Yesterday alarms from boxes 157 and 162 reported a wooden storehouse fire at No 160 Liverpool street owned by FE Hodge & Co causing engine delays. A second fire at 7 30 pm in room A on the sixth floor of building 87 Milk street owned by New England Life Insurance damaged waste paper and injured about 95 dollars. A tugboat Nettie anchored at Ladd's dock caught fire causing about 1000 dollars damage.
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Liverpool Street
FE. Hodge & Co
Milk Street
New England Life Insurance Company
Julia Quinlan
American Bank Note Company
Nettie
Ladd’s Dock
Arbitrators Hear Erie Telephone Case Ingram V Telephone Co
The Erie telephone suits hearing adjourned until the second Tuesday in January. Individual suits by Bennet Sherman and Tibbetts against Bent Downs and Glidden will be tried then.
Dynamite Plot Uncovered At Fair Chance Furnace Office
Axtontown Pennsylvania December 1 a dangerous dynamite plot was found in the Fair Chance Furnace Co office when chief clerk CW Finnell lifted his desk lid to reveal a dynamite fuse and cartridge tied to the desk edge hidden explosives were concealed underneath the desk authorities say the scheme could have wiped out lives and property in the vicinity if carried out
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Axtontown
Penn
Fair Chance Furnace Company
Fair Chance
Finnell
Pension Agent in Trouble in Fort River
Robert M. Winslow, a pension agent, is accused of forging endorsements and cashing pension checks for himself. He reportedly misled pensioners about delays, delaying payments by up to nine months in some cases. A special agent traced several forgery cases and Winslow has been missing since yesterday.
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Wuiy Lee
Wilson
Allip L. Moen
Moen
Peoples’ Party
Cambriesse
West
Chance Furnace Company 3
Uniontown
Penn
Fort River
Robert M. Winslow
Pension Bureau
Pension Office
Winslow
Union Telegraph and Telephone Company elects officers in New York
At the annual meeting in New York City stockholders elected E. H. Peters president, Charles J. Glidden treasurer, Dr. W. Dodrey general superintendent, and directors Hoe Peters C H Darkee Joseph Fowler C F Morciti Abner S Adams with Lowell and Saratoga ties. Treasurers report shows excess liabilities of 15 851 03 dollars.
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Lowell
C. F. Morciti
Manchester
N. H
Green Smith Injunction Case Involves State Vote Transfer
In Ixpranavonts Green Smith seeks to stop the secretary of state from sending the lieutenant governor race results to the speaker. Michener for the secretary of state files a demurrer asserting lack of legal capacity and insufficient cause of action. The court suggests pro forma judgment with possible Supreme Court appeal and will hear the case Tuesday unless an appeal agreement is reached.
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Ixpranavonts
Green Smith
Secretary of State
House of Representatives
Michener
Supreme Court
McQuade Trial Jury Changes Reported in New York
The McQuade trial moves slowly as court adjourns at 5 p.m. Juror replacements include John Mitchell for Bayard Woodruff, Alex Weinberg No.7 for Frederick Wagner, Adolph Rosenwasser No.8 for Frank Kuhn, Kuhn for Henry J. Moeller, and Joseph Hanover No.0 excused for unavoidable causes.
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New York
John Mitchell
Bayard Woodruff
Alex. G. Weinberg
Frederick Wagner
Adolph Rosenwasser
Frank Kuhn
Kuhn
Henry J. Moeller
Joseph Hanover
Knights of Labor call for support at Moss Manufacturing strike
The District Assembly Knights of Labor issues a secret circular calling for help from members for the Moss Manufacturing Company operatives in Westerly who are on strike, warning that the crisis could disrupt the organization if a stand is not made.
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Providence
R. L
The
District Assembly Knights of Labor
Order
Moss Manufacturing Company
Westerly
Washington Territory returns place Legislature with Republican edge
Official counts from two disputed Washington Territory counties show a Republican majority on joint ballot. Charles S Voorhees 23272 is defeated by Bradshaw 21080 for delegate, with W Hl Newell (Labor) 2875. Voorhees leads by 2102 as plurality.
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Port Lane
Washington Territory
Charles S. Voorhees
Charles M. Bradshaw
W. Hl. Newell
Voorage
Hees
Suspect Thomas “Kid” Flint Arrested in Sullivan Murder
In New York on December 1, police arrested Thomas known as “Kid” Flint in Brooklyn. He was brought to the city and locked in the sixth precinct station for the murder of “Poll” Sullivan on Centre Street Monday night. He denies the shooting.
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New York
Thomas
Kid
Flint
Poll” Sullivan
Centre Street
Brooklyn
Knights of Labor Withdraw Sandwich Boy From Harrington & Co
Latem December 1 The Knights of Labor yielded the last point in the struggle with leather manufacturers withdrawing the sandwich boy from in front of Harrington Co and he has been on duty since December last.
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Knights of Labor
Harrington & Co
Disturbance in Cork Meeting Over Hurley Trial
Police dispersed a Cork meeting honoringHurley who arrived to be tried for explosives and resisting eviction. A scuffle broke out as presiding officer Mr OConnor faced arrest threats. MP Mr Tanner was knocked down and treated for a scalp wound. OConnor was not arrested.
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Cork
Hurley
O'Connor
Tanner
M.P
Dunlin
Timothy D. Sullivan
Dublin
O’ Keefe
Limerick
Sullivan
O'Keefe
John Dillon
Richard Power
Waterford
Earl of Erne
Orange Lodge
Walsh
Pall Mall Gazette
United Ireland
Campaion
League
Ireland
Berlin Gossip Reports Reichstag Budget Debate and Campaigning
The Reichstag ends budget discussion with sections referred to the budget committee and a plenary session pending. Campaigning by Justus Klotz gains momentum in Berlin's first electoral district while anti Socialists push to extend the anti Socialist law. The report notes a duelling bill and a student killed in a pistol duel, plus the Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin seeks Cannes for winter medical care. Odo Spamer, a Leipzig bookseller, is dead.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Herr Jacoby
Imperial Treasury
Justus Klotz
Eugene Richter
Schenck
von Stauffenberg
Albert Fraever
Rewressist
Herr Reichensperger
Reichensperger
Erlanger University
Mecklenburg
Schwerin
Cannes
Odo Spumer
Leipsic
Cunard and White Star Modify Mails Agreement Claims
London reports Mr Barns of Cunard argues government overstates savings from mail reorganization. Cunard and White Star offered to route mails to specific steamers, denying a monopoly plan, while The Times criticizes emphasis on cheapness and Raikes defends Southampton routes for northern trade.
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London
Barns
Cunard Steamship Company
Tie
Cunard
White Star
the Times
Raikes
Southampton
England
Post Ofice Department
Chambers of Commerce
Manchester
Bradford
Huddersfield
North German
Lloyd Company
Keller Attacks Troop Pay Cut in French Assembly
In the Chamber of Deputies M Keller condemned proposed troop pay reductions and contrasted the French army with Germany. He urged restoring pay to the original estimate, while General Boulanger dismissed allied comparisons as Reichstag politics. Keller’s motion failed. The Radical Left plans to vote against the public worship budget.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Keller
General Boulanger
Reichstag
Turkey to Form Military Depots
Constantinople dispatch reports a decree ordering large military depots across the empire to store material and assemble reserve troops. General Von Goltz has completed mobilization plans modeled on the German system.
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Turkey
Constantinople
von Goltz
Impulsive Girls Clash With Bailiffs on Ballyhannis Estate
In London on December 1 a crowd of about two hundred girls assaulted bailiffs attempting to serve writs of ejectment on tenants at Lord Dillon's Ballyhannis estate. The men fled, stashing horses and papers as the mob pursued the officers.
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London
Lord Dillon
Ballyhannis
Russian move over Roumelia throne shapes Balkan aim
Loxpon December 2 reports the Czar plans to dispatch Prince Nicholas of Mingrela to the Sultan to secure consent for his nomination as Roumelia Governor with the goal of pressuring Bulgaria to accept him as ruler.
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Loxpon
Nicholas
Mingrela
Roumelia
Bulgaria
Hunting the Mail Robbers
Police believe the Ostend express mail thieves are in England and have sent a detective to London to trace them.
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Brussus
Ostend
England
London
Edson Locke Wedding at Unity Church
The marriage of W. B. Locke of Jackson & Co. to Carrie E. Edson took place at the Church of the Unity at 7:30 with Rev. Minot J. Savage officiating. About 400 guests attended the ceremony and a reception followed at the bride’s Brookline Avenue home before the couple departed for Washington. They will reside at 56 Chester Square upon return.
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Church of the Unity
W. 8. Locke
Jackson & Co
Carrie E. Edson
George T. Edson
Brookline
Minot J. Savage
Messrs
C. A. Harrington
K. H. Bowman
A. L. Darrow
A. H
George F. Edson
Brookline Avenue
Counse
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
General Corse Takes Charge as Postmaster
General John M. Corse assumed the duties of postmaster at 9 yesterday morning without ceremony. He found the financial department well ordered with accounts accurate to the last cent and noted several office inadequacies. He will study citizen interests and ensure competent staff, keeping current appointments and rules in mind.
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John M. Corse
Corse
Wilson’s Secret Life Claimed Public Disclosure Emerges
Levi Wilson, who says he is Phillip L. Moen’s son, delivers a sworn disclosure in which he asserts his parentage, details his upbringing, and accuses Moen of deception. Moen denies all statements as completely false and unauthorized.
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Ile
Lis
Moen
Wilson
Levi Wilson
Browght
Worcester
Phillip L. Moen
Phillip L. Moon
Jonas Wilson
Quadick
Connecticut
Phillip J. Moon
Rice
Down
Boston
Moon
Mwen
Wilsons
Uxbridge
Eneley
Mon
Engleys
Journal
Philip L. Moen
Waltham Fanciers Club Exhibition Draws Crowds
The Waltham Fanciers' Club exhibition at the Waltham skating rink draws large crowds from New England. Pigeons and fowls win prizes across many classes led by G. A. Blood, R. W. Sargent & Son, and S. Drewett. Special prizes honor top collections with a £25 silver sweepstake cup to be awarded today.
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Iy Watrman
Ihpectau
Waltham
G. A
R. W. Sargent & Son
Kittery
G. A. Blood
Watham
F. H. Gordon
I. A. Emerson
B. B. Barrows
Brattleboro
Wrymouth Rocks
W.A. Witte
West Taunton
A. L. Cutting
Weston
W. E. Bright
F. E. Stanley
W. Bb. Cutler
North Cambridge
John Lowell, Jr
Chestnut Hill
E. J. Sanderson
Waitham
W. A. Livermore
B. Atherton
Newton Lower Falls
HH. A. Mansfield
A.W. Andrews
Worcester
J. Lowell, Jr
R. G. Suaw
Jamaica Plain
H. F. Fiske
Westen
George Y. Fletcher
Belmont
C. A. Wheeler
Brighton
R. G. Shaw
S. Drewett
Lowell
M. IT
Granite blocks derail car on Nashua to Lowell line
On the Boston & Lowell road, a rail broke on a bridge over the Western canal as the Panther engine pulled a loaded freight train. The flat car carrying granite blocks derailed and scattered into the canal, an empty box car also fell in, brakeman Henry Norrienne leaped to safety with a compound fracture of the right leg. The line blocked northern traffic for hours.
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Lowell
Panther
Nashua
Boston & Lowell Road
Western Canal
Henry Norrienne
Weather Indications For New England And Eastern New York
For twenty four hours starting 7 a m Thursday December 2 light snow is forecast for New England and eastern New York with variable winds generally westerly and cooler temperatures. Cautionary northwest signals remain at Sandy Hook and New York with cautionary from New Haven to Eastport.
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Washimgton
New England
New York
Sandy Hook
New Haven
Eastport
Boston Weather Summary From The Observer Office
The Boston weather update from the observer's office notes the conditions at 6 15 p m on December 1 1886. Details include temperature and sky state as recorded for the day in Boston.
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Boston
Orbserver's
Signal Service
U.S
Meteorological Record of Yesterday Across Stations
Observations up to 10 p m taken simultaneously at all stations summarize yesterday's weather across the network. Data include temperature, precipitation, wind, and barometric readings recorded at the standard observation times.
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